ORLANDO — A Florida man will be sentenced to life in prison for killing the teenage daughter of his longtime girlfriend.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Orange County jurors announced 47-year-old Sanel Saint-Simon's sentence Thursday. A judge will make it official next month. Saint-Simon had been convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. He had faced a possible death sentence.
Landscapers found 16-year-old Alexandria Chery's body on the Osceola-Polk county line in August 2014, several days after she was reported missing.
Saint-Simon helped raise Chery since she was about 5 years old. Her family has said Saint-Simon sexually abused her before her murder.